Finance Manager, Pyrotechnics Safety Switches

About Us:

Autoliv's primary goal is to Save More Lives. We are the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems developing, manufacturing, and marketing protective systems, such as airbags, seatbelts, and steering wheels.

Leveraging deep expertise in pyrotechnics and safety-critical engineering, Autoliv is rapidly expanding into electrical safety. Our Pyro Safety Switches (PSS) protect vehicles, battery systems, charging infrastructure, and industrial applications from electrical faults, thermal events, and other energy-related hazards. As electrification accelerates globally, Autoliv is uniquely positioned to become a leading force in shaping safe and reliable energy systems.

Job Overview:

As the PSS business continues to grow, we are seeking a Finance Manager, PSS to act as the lead financial partner to the MD PSS and the broader PSS management team. The role will be a key driver of performance management and profitable growth, with ownership of business cases, pricing/costing governance, forecasting, investments, and the financial structure needed to support a more standalone business. This person will support decision-making, challenge the organization, improve business and financial processes, and drive the build-up of a more self-standing operating model for PSS. The position is especially important in a phase where not everything is fully defined and where strong business judgment, structure, and hands-on financial leadership are required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the lead financial partner to the MD PSS and the PSS management team, supporting strategic and operational decision-making through financial analysis, business insight, and performance follow-up.

• Drive profitable growth across the PSS business through fact-based analysis, transparent follow-up, and strong financial steering.

• Own business cases for investment decisions and support prioritization of initiatives that strengthen the future growth platform for PSS.

• Own pricing/costing governance and develop, maintain, and refine cost models for PSS products to improve transparency and fact-based decision-making

• Lead forecasting for the PSS business and follow up financial performance in coordination with plants and the global PSS team.

• Improve ways of working across key business processes such as quoting, costing, forecast building, and financial reporting.

• Define and help implement the future financial structure for PSS, supporting the evolution toward a more standalone business model.

• Prepare and present financial results, business cases, and key financial topics to senior leadership.

• Participate in strategic partnerships and M&A, with a focus on financial value creation, business case development, and deal evaluation.

• Challenge the organization on performance, identify improvement opportunities, and drive pragmatic solutions even when data is not readily available in current systems.

• Leverage AI and new technologies to improve how we operate.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field.

• 7+ years of relevant experience as a Business Controller/Finance Manager in consulting, or in Big 4 advisory. Experience from international and large-company environments, ultimately combined with scale-up experience, is preferred.

• Strong analytical capabilities and the ability to create decision-ready insights

• Ability to work effectively in an environment where processes and responsibilities are still being defined, with a pragmatic and hands-on approach.

• Familiar in using AI to boost efficiency and to drive transformation of how we operate.

• Strong communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge status quo and support cross-functional decision-making.

• English is the primary working language. Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

• High integrity, resilience to uncertainty, and the ability to inspire trust while driving the right solutions to the right problems.

If you are a results-driven finance professional who enjoys building structure, partnering with leadership, and helping scale a business, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join Autoliv and help shape the next growth platform in electrical safety.

                              More lives saved – more life lived!

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